A recent paper published in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension projected that the prevalence of premature coronary heart disease (CHD) in young adulthood will more than triple from five percent to 16 percent for currently obese adolescents when they reach 35 years of age.
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A woman developed disease because, after her weight-loss surgery, she did not take her multivitamin, as reported in a Case Report released on October 10, 2008 in The Lancet. The obesity epidemic is well documented around the world, and has affected developed countries in great magnitude. [...]
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AMA President Dr Rosanna Capolingua said the Preventative Health Taskforce discussion paper launched today was a welcome contribution, worthy of broad community attention. “Doctors have long spoken out about the threats obesity, alcohol and tobacco pose to our community. It is encouraging and appropriate that the focus on these crucial [...]
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The Washington Post on Saturday examined the 50 Million Pound Challenge, which seeks to reduce obesity and encourage healthy lifestyles in the black community.
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In a Case Report published in this week’s edition of The Lancet, researchers study a woman who failed to take multivitamins after weight-loss surgery and subsequently developed a vitamin deficiency.
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Immature, or “baby,” fat cells lurk in the walls of the blood vessels that nourish fatty tissue, just waiting for excess calories to help them grow into the adult monsters responsible for packing on the extra pounds, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in mice. Researchers have long known that [...]
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US researchers working with pigs discovered a way of lowering appetite as effectively as bariatric surgery except they used minimally invasive surgery that suppresses the hunger hormone ghrelin by vaporizing the main blood vessel that carries blood to the top section of the [...]
